While the Construction Recruitment Forum (CRF) did what they did “unwittingly and with no intention of damaging the reputation of the industry”, the fact remains that the OFT still saw fit to fine them a rather large amount.

The REC is absolutely right to be considering whether they have damaged the industry’s reputation and just wish that it had communicated with its members that it was in the process of doing so. I am sure that if the companies concerned have not injured the industry, they have nothing to fear.
Jeanette Robinson, managing director, Cavill Robinson Financial Recruitment and former chair, REC Employment Policy Committee